* – Adjusted to 2007 dollars on basis of U.S. Dept. of Commerce Implicit Price Deflator for Construction. Hurricane statistics are taken from the National Hurricane Center and adjusted to 2006 dollars.

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…No worries, only a calm before more monster storms…!…the holy anole [lizard] is having a rest from being blown away down from trees in the Caribbean…!…THE dAMAGES TO THE USA BY WEATHER ARE ENORMOUS [ ] …! ...